Unit 1257

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: floor level 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: not recorded (est c1.0 x 0.8m) 

Discussion: This unit contains approximately 8 Litre of soil (Burnt ashy).
At the bottom of the unit we have found burnt floor.
This unit has been bordered by the curved wall which we discovered last year, the extension of the curve corresponds to the unit 1257.
From this unit we took some microarchaeological samples.
this floor is higher than the floor in unit 1259. There is an difference between the levels of the floors. 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry 

Consistency: Strong 

Colour: 10YR 3/3 

Texture: Sandy 

Bedding: Layered 

Inclusions: Artefactural, phytoliths, low variability. 

Post-depositional Features: Burning 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1417, 1427, 1356, 2133, 1909, 2173, 1918 below: (Click to view the record) 1262 equal to: (Click to view the record) 1259, 1267 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.

X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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